You could do a:
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce
Entry requirements
You'll usually need:
- 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) for a level 3 course
Family support workers help and advise families with long or short-term difficulties.
£18,000 Starter
to£50,000 Experienced
36 to 38 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays away from home
You can get into this job through:
You could do a:
You'll usually need:
You could complete a children, young people and families practitioner higher apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
Experience is essential when applying for training or jobs. You can get this through paid or voluntary work in:
Employers will expect you to have:
You can find out more about careers in family support from Skills for Care and Development.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
For many roles you may be expected to have a full, clean driving licence.
In this role you could be:
You could work in an office, at a client's home or in a court.
With experience and qualifications you could focus on a particular area, like working with people with disabilities.
You could also progress to team leader (managing a group of support workers) or become an assistant manager of a family centre or refuge.
Experience in family support may help if you want to move into social work.